Smoking pipe



May 2s, 1929.

Filed Jan. 22, 1927 l l l ,1

Patented May 2S, 1929.

UNITE ulisse FREDERICK-L. HEMMER, or LINCOLN, NEW JERSEY.

SMOKING- PIPE.v

Application filed January 2v2, 1927. Serial No. 162,797. y

rIhis invention relates to smoking appli ances and more particularly to a pipe for smoking tobacco. At the present time most pipes in use consist of a bowl from which extends a stem carrying a mouthpiece and it has been lfound that after a pipe has been rused for some time the stern and mouthpiece become choked so that the pipe does not draw properly and also saliva has a tendency to move through the bore of the mouthpiece into the bore of the stem and cause the stem and lower portion of the bowl to become soggy. 1t is, therefore, one object of the invention to provide a pipe of suchy construction that saliva will be prevented from entering the bowl and causing the pipe to become soggy and to further provide a vpipe which may be readily cleaned.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pipe, the stem and bowl carrying portions of which may be formed of metal vand the stem and bowl detachably engaged therewith so that they maj,7 be renewed -if necessary and easily removed during cleaning of the pipe.

The invention is illustrated in the 'accomrpanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a view showing the improved pipe in side elevation;

F ig. 2 is a view showing the pipe in top plan;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken substantially on the line A--B of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a similar view taken substantially on the line B-C of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Theimproved smoking pipe includes a socket member 1 which preferably consists of a metal casting and is provided with a well 2 open at its upper end and formed with threaded walls, as shown in Fig. 5, so that the threaded neck 3 of a bowl 4 may be screwed into the wall and the bowl thus removably held in engagement with the socket member. By referring to Figs. 1 and 3, it will be seen that, if desired, the bowl 4 which is intended to contain tobacco may be removed and a smaller bowl 5 substituted and the pipe serve as a holder for a cigar or cigarette. It will, of course, be understood that a lholder for a cigarette would have to be smaller than one intended to hold a cigar. One side portion of the socket member is formed with a bore 6 disposed in spaced relation to the well 2 and having its forward end portion extending through an arm 7 Y. I.

and this bore 8 which may be referred to as y a smoke passage is provided with a branch 10 extending transversely therefrom and opening through the rea-r face of the socket. j

Plugs 11 and 12 are iitted intothe forward end portion of the bore 6 and outer endl Vportion of the bore 8 andffornied with envlarged heads at their outerends so that they may be easily removed when it is desired to clean the pipe.

The coupling 13 which forms a portion of i the stem of the pipeis formed with a longitudinally extending bore 14 and is provided with a depending arm 15 having an axially extending bore 16 which intersects the bore 14 intermediate itsl ends-and constitutes a branch of the bore 14. Tubes 17 ,andy 18 which may be referredl to `as a smoketube and drain tube extend between the socket member 1 and coupling 13, the tube 17 having its ends engaged with the socket and collpling and communicating with the` branch bore 10 and forward end of the bore 14 and the tub-e 18 having its ends engaged with the socket and depending arm 15 of the coupling and communicating with the rear end of the bore 6 and outer or forward end of the bore 16. rhis is clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4 and byreferring -to these figures rit will be readily seen that smoke drawn into the lower end of the well through the neck of the bowl 4 will pass through the bore 8 Vand tnbe17v into the bore 14 and saliva which may work into the coupling will flow downwardly through the bore 16 and through the tube 18 into the bore 6. The mouthpiece 19.which maybe formed of rubber or any other desired material extends rearwardly from the coupling l3and is held in engagement therewith by a short tube or nipple 20, one end portion of which fits into the rear end portion of the bore 14 and the other end portion of which fits into the forward end portion of the bore 21 formed axially through the mouthpiece.

`When the pipe is in use, the bowl is lled with tobacco in the usual manner and when lighted the smoke is drawn from the bowl through the neck 3 thereof into the well and from the well passes through the bore 8 and its branch 10 into the tube 17 through which lio it passes into the bore 14 of the coupling 13 and through the bore 21 of the mouthpiece into the mouth of the smoker. If saliva attempts to pass through the bore 21 of the mouthpiece and bore 14 of the coupling into the tube 17, it will encounter the downwardly and forwardly extending bore 16 of the arm 15 and flow through this'bore into theV tube 18 through which it passes into the bore 6 of the coupling. It will thus be'seen that the tube 17 will be 'kept free of salivaand will not be liable to become stopped up. It should also be noted that since the coupling 13, tubes 17 and 18 and socket member 1 are formed of metal. they will not become soggy. wWhen it is necessary to clean the pipe, the bowl is unscrewed from its well and the plugs 11 and 12 removed. Water may then be taken into the mouth and with `the mouthpiece inserted pressureapplied to force the water through the mouthpiece and coupling into the tubes 17 and 18 through which it will flow into the bores of the socket and through the open en ds thereof. It will, of course, be obvious that, if desired, a hose leading from a source of fluid under pressure, such as steam or air or any desired liquid, could be fitted upon the end of the mouthpiece and the fluid forced through the pipe. After the pipe has been cleaned by the fluid, it maybe allowed to vthoroughly dry if liquid is used as a cleaning agent and the plugs and bowl replaced. The pipe may, therefore, be very easily and quickly cleaned. If it is desired to employ the pipe as a cigar or cigarette holder, the large bowl 4 may be removed and a smaller one of a suitable size to carry a cigar or cigarette substituted.

Having thus described theinvention, I claim: l

1. A smoking appliance comprising a mouthpiece formed with a longitudinally eX- tending bore, a Vcoupling having a body removably engaged with said mouthpiece and formed with a'longitudinally extendingl bore i registering with the bore of the mouthpiece withv a bore extending therethrough to one side of and out of communication with said well and with a second bore leading from the well at the other side thereof from the first bore and formed with a branch opening through the rear face ofthe socket, removy able closures for the forward end of the first bore and outer end of the second bore ofsaid socket, a tube leading from the branch of the .second bore of said socket and engaged with said coupling in communication with the forward end of its bore, andk a tube leading from the rear end of the first bore of said socket and engaged with said coupling in communication with the forward end of the branch leading from its bore'.

2. A smoking appliance including a socket formed with a well having a smoke passage leading from one side thereof and opening through the rear of the socket, the socket being also formed with a bore in spaced relation to the other side of the well and opening through the rear of the socket, a coupling formed with a longitudinally extendingv smoke passage and a liquid passage leading downwardly fron'i its smoke passage intermediate the ends thereof, a mouthpiece carried by said coupling and projecting rearwardly therefrom and formed with a bore communicating with the smoke passage of the coupling, a conduit extending rearwardly from the smoke passages of the socket and communicating with the smoke passage of the coupling', and a conduit leading rearwardly from the bore of the socket and communicating with the liquid passage of the coupling.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FREDERICK L.v HEMMER. [1.. s.) 

